Historic flooding and landslides after torrential downpour have claimed the lives of at least 126 people in Western Japan. Authorities have ordered around 2 million people to evacuate, while another 2 million have already been evacuated. It is the highest death toll caused by rainfall that Japan has seen in more than three decades. Rescuers […]
Japanese whalers captured 333 cetaceans in the Antarctic Ocean last summer as part of the country’s annual “research” hunt. The campaign began in November last year as part of Japan’s controversial “scientific” whaling. Out of the 333 minke whales caught during the controversial 12-week expedition, 181 were female – including 53 immature ones. Figures show that […]
More than six years ago, a tsunami triggered the infamous nuclear accident at Japan’s Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant. Now experts are urging the country to gradually release the one million tons of radioactive water still stored in to the Pacific Ocean. Currently, the water is stored on site in around 900 large and densely packed tanks […]